Cloud9 vs. Karmine Corp / World Championship 2026 Play-In Stage - Upper Bracket Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Ultimintree]

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 PLAY-IN STAGE

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Cloud9 2-3 Karmine Corp

KC will play the winner of FUR vs. MVK in the UB Round 2!
C9 will play the loser of FUR vs. MVK in Round 1 Elimination Match.

• Game Threads: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4

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FULL MATCH SUMMARY & STATS

🟦	🧱	💰	⚔️	177:25	⚔️	💰	🧱	🟥
KC - L	3	57.4k	1	Game 1 (35:02)	20	76.0k	11	W - C9 1st pick
C9 - L	5	66.4k	16	Game 2 (35:10)	14	69.0k	7	W - KC 1st pick
KC - L	4	64.7k	5	Game 3 (37:44)	22	78.7k	10	W - C9 1st pick
C9 - L	4	67.4k	6	Game 4 (38:08)	15	81.3k	9	W - KC 1st pick
KC - W 1st pick	8	65.6k	17	Game 5 (31:21)	8	55.7k	3	L - C9

Team	Total KDA	KP	CSM	DMG%	Champions Played
🇺🇸 C9	72-52-159
🇰🇷 Thanatos	16-9-16 (3.6)	44%	8.5	20.5%	Gnar, Camille, Olaf, Zaahen, K'Sante
🇺🇸 Blaber	12-10-42 (5.4)	75%	7.6	20.3%	Xin Zhao, Wukong, Jarvan IV, Sejuani, Lillia
🇰🇷 Loki	18-13-25 (3.3)	60%	8	22.5%	Locke, Akali, Annie, Sylas, Yone
🇺🇸 Tactical	22-9-25 (5.2)	65%	10.4	31.4%	Ezreal, Kalista, Jhin, Yunara, Ziggs
🇨🇦 Vulcan	4-11-51 (5)	76%	1.1	5.4%	Karma, Renata Glasc, Alistar, Lulu, Shen
🇫🇷 KC	52-72-127
🇰🇷 Canna	9-13-20 (2.2)	56.%	8.8	20.8%	Rumble, Jayce, Kled, Renekton, Ambessa
🇸🇪 Yike	8-13-30 (2.9)	73%	7.3	16.6%	Lee Sin, Vi, Naafiri, Qiyana, Trundle
🇰🇷 Kyeahoo	13-18-19 (1.8)	62%	9	24.8%	Syndra, Cassiopeia, Anivia, Orianna, Ahri
🇫🇷 Caliste	20-12-23 (3.6)	83%	10.6	29.9%	Miss Fortune, Varus, Lucian, Xayah, Kai'Sa
🇺🇸 Busio	2-16-35 (2.3)	71%	0.9	7.9%	Nautilus, Vel'Koz, Nami, Rakan, Rell

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GAME 1: KC vs. C9

Winner: Cloud9 in 35m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
KC	Vi K'Sante Skarner	Orianna Sylas	57.4k	1	3	🌪️2	3, 1, 0
C9	Seraphine Nocturne Qiyana	Jhin Akali	76.0k	20	11	🧪1 🔥3 🔥4 🔥5	0, 0, 2

KC		KDA	vs	KDA		C9
Player	Pick	1-20-3	⚔️	20-1-43	Pick	Player
Canna	1 Rumble	0-4-0	TOP	1-0-5	2 Gnar	Thanatos
Yike	1 Lee Sin	0-1-1	JNG	4-0-10	3 Xin Zhao	Blaber
Kyeahoo	3 Syndra	1-3-0	MID	11-0-3	3 Locke	Loki
Caliste	4 Miss Fortune	0-6-1	BOT	3-0-9	2 Ezreal	Tactical
Busio	2 Nautilus	0-6-1	SUP	1-1-16	1 Karma	Vulcan

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GAME 2: C9 vs. KC

Winner: Karmine Corp in 35m | PotG: Canna
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
C9	Seraphine Caitlyn Qiyana	Lucian Rakan	66.4k	14	5	⚡1 🔥3 🔥4	3, 0, 1
KC	Nocturne K'Sante Lulu	Olaf Jarvan IV	69.0k	16	7	💧2 🔥5 🔥6	0, 1, 0

C9		KDA	vs	KDA		KC
Player	Pick	16-14-34	⚔️	14-16-32	Pick	Player
Thanatos	4 Camille	4-5-6	TOP	5-4-4	2 Jayce	Canna
Blaber	3 Wukong	1-4-9	JNG	1-4-11	1 Vi	Yike
Loki	2 Akali	5-2-1	MID	2-4-5	2 Cassiopeia	Kyeahoo
Tactical	1 Kalista	6-1-5	BOT	4-2-6	3 Varus	Caliste
Vulcan	1 Renata Glasc	0-2-13	SUP	2-2-6	3 Vel'Koz	Busio

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GAME 3: KC vs. C9

Winner: Cloud9 in 38m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
KC	Orianna Lulu Qiyana	K'Sante Aurora	64.7k	5	4		1, 0, 0
C9	Seraphine Caitlyn Viktor	Vayne Sylas	78.8k	22	10	🔥1 ⛰️2 🧪3 🧪4 💥5	2, 1, 2

KC		KDA	vs	KDA		C9
Player	Pick	5-22-12	⚔️	22-5-50	Pick	Player
Canna	4 Kled	0-4-1	TOP	5-1-3	3 Olaf	Thanatos
Yike	2 Naafiri	1-5-2	JNG	7-0-14	1 Jarvan IV	Blaber
Kyeahoo	3 Anivia	2-8-1	MID	1-2-14	3 Annie	Loki
Caliste	1 Lucian	2-2-3	BOT	7-1-7	2 Jhin	Tactical
Busio	1 Nami	0-3-5	SUP	2-1-12	2 Alistar	Vulcan

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GAME 4: C9 vs. KC

Winner: Karmine Corp in 38m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
C9	Seraphine Caitlyn Viktor	Aphelios Draven	67.4k	6	4	🌪️4	3, 1, 0
KC	Nocturne K'Sante Pantheon	Vayne Skarner	81.3k	15	9	⚡1 🧪2 🌪️3 🌪️5 💥6	0, 0, 1

C9		KDA	vs	KDA		KC
Player	Pick	6-15-17	⚔️	15-6-31	Pick	Player
Thanatos	3 Zaahen	2-1-1	TOP	1-0-8	2 Renekton	Canna
Blaber	4 Sejuani	0-2-6	JNG	1-2-6	1 Qiyana	Yike
Loki	2 Sylas	0-5-4	MID	2-2-5	2 Orianna	Kyeahoo
Tactical	1 Yunara	3-4-2	BOT	11-1-3	3 Xayah	Caliste
Vulcan	1 Lulu	1-3-4	SUP	0-1-9	3 Rakan	Busio

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GAME 5: KC vs. C9

Winner: Karmine Corp in 31m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
KC	Nocturne Maokai Pantheon	Poppy Kindred	65.6k	17	8	🌪️4 🌪️5	0, 1, 2
C9	Seraphine Caitlyn Vayne	LeBlanc Kha'Zix	55.7k	8	3	⚡1 ⛰️2 🌪️3	3, 0, 0

KC		KDA	vs	KDA		C9
Player	Pick	17-8-49	⚔️	8-17-15	Pick	Player
Canna	1 Ambessa	3-1-7	TOP	4-2-1	1 K'Sante	Thanatos
Yike	3 Trundle	5-1-10	JNG	0-4-3	4 Lillia	Blaber
Kyeahoo	3 Ahri	6-1-8	MID	1-4-3	2 Yone	Loki
Caliste	2 Kai'Sa	3-1-10	BOT	3-3-2	1 Ziggs	Tactical
Busio	2 Rell	0-4-14	SUP	0-4-6	3 Shen	Vulcan

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Game 4

[u/AnswerGrand1878]

The dom interview where he said they didn't practice Lilia just makes blaber getting absolutely turbo fisted by yike in game 5 so funny

[u/LardoBardo4 → u/AnswerGrand1878]

I swear whenever these niche or unexpected picks go into jungle it's always a trundle that gigastomps them

[u/Th3_Huf0n → u/LardoBardo4]

Trundle is the game 5 Jinx of junglers, apparently.

[u/baelkie → u/Th3_Huf0n]

Canyon disagrees

[u/Snoo-28829 → u/AnswerGrand1878]

Ill all for pocket picks or whatever, but you have to know how to play the champ I think...my man was missing E on camps.... that dont even move.

[u/Vennish → u/Snoo-28829]

What’s crazy is Blaber definitely played a ton of Lillia when she was meta, right? I know it’s been awhile but you don’t just forget how to play a champ.

[u/Snoo-28829 → u/Vennish]

I mean people can lose an awareness of the champion over time if they don't play it a lot. Normally you can get that awareness back a lot faster, but you still can lose it. I used to main Thresh Sup and I was hitting hooks left and right. Over walls and predicting flash sometimes. I switched to Jungle like 2 years ago and now It takes me quite a few games to back to hitting the crazy hooks again.

[u/Constantinch → u/AnswerGrand1878]

Especially since Yike was completely outclassed by Blaber in the first 4 games

[u/nrj6490 → u/AnswerGrand1878]

Unrelated note it was so funny every single time they had an in game interview there was a bot lane 2v2 kill

[u/Floowil]

The most competetive bo5 between NA and EU in history

[u/RollingGuy → u/Floowil]

Absolute banger. May we meet again in finals 

[u/FruitSaladBar → u/RollingGuy]

KC vs C9 in the actual grand finals. The ultimate fraud-off

[u/bazinga221 → u/Floowil]

Genuinely, this might be it. G2 vs Fly was good but it was a BO3. I actually can't remember an EU-NA BO5 that wasn't a 3-0 stomp.

[u/janoDX → u/Floowil]

When both teams are trash, we're here for the circus and who throws the most.

[u/DeloronDellister → u/janoDX]

I mean Yike had the worst BO5 of his life and C9 still couldn't capitalize. I know which team is more garbage for sure

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/DeloronDellister]

he had a worse BO last MSI against TL

[u/Ski111es]

I have to admit I doubted them. I really thought that they had it in the bag but in the end I got to admit that C9 is just better at choking that KC.

[u/TheSuppishOne → u/Ski111es]

My stupid play-in bracket is fucked.

[u/Right_Strength2170]

KC really came back from losing 3-0

[u/Bamigorengz → u/Right_Strength2170]

felt like a reverse sweep indeed

[u/Winter-Annual8887]

when c9 locked lillia, i said, "oh my god, i didn't realize until now how much i've missed seeing lillia in pro play."
then i saw the first tactical ziggs ult not hit centered after the sleep and remembered the lillia's teammates were NA

[u/Thundermelons → u/Winter-Annual8887]

Bro went for the two birds in the bush man, should have just nuked one person in the center

[u/Blind-Eye26 → u/Thundermelons]

That's the "greed" they talked about in the bible

[u/Snoo-28829 → u/Winter-Annual8887]

Lillia was missing E on camps dont that dont move....at least practice the champ before you randomly bring it in game 5.

[u/AfrikanCorpse → u/Snoo-28829]

fearless is bringing out the worst in players lol

[u/gpk94 → u/Snoo-28829]

Oner should've said the same thing keria said. You're not oner and your teammates aren't T1

[u/steffschenko → u/Winter-Annual8887]

He solo lost the game lol

[u/alex_von_rass]

people will shit on the losing team as always but it was great to have a close tense EU - NA BO5 for once, gg

[u/CptCharlz → u/alex_von_rass]

Is this actually the first time a series between NA and EU has gone 5 games? Crazy that pretty much every series between them have been blowouts.

[u/arbok_obama → u/CptCharlz]

Actually crazy. 15 years of international competition and it's never happened before.

[u/CptCharlz → u/arbok_obama]

Leave it to C9 to let that series go the distance after how it started lmao. Truly the people's hero

[u/arbok_obama → u/CptCharlz]

I wouldn't have it any other way with them

(Signed, a EU fan)

[u/Tripottanus → u/arbok_obama]

More of a testament to how little international competition we actually got to witness

[u/sorendiz → u/CptCharlz]

i think it is the literal first time yes

[u/Choice-Slight → u/sorendiz]

there's also been only 2 bo5s that have been 3-1. TL vs FNC at MSI and GMB vs C9 at IEM. every single other NA EU bo5 has been 3-0. kinda crazy

[u/sorendiz → u/Choice-Slight]

the gap is closing!

[u/Tsmart → u/sorendiz]

insane stat

[u/ladend9 → u/alex_von_rass]

True. Banger of a series.

[u/Skyfire2 → u/ladend9]

Let’s all do it again in a couple of days

[u/Kultissim → u/alex_von_rass]

Thank you for being the voice of reason. It was hype and tense, loved it

[u/Eismann → u/alex_von_rass]

Agree, finally some shaky ass five games.

[u/Omnilatent → u/alex_von_rass]

And we're probably getting a rematch!

[u/Thundermelons → u/alex_von_rass]

Was a good series, very tense, but it's always a shame to see a game 5 go out on the back of like a Ziggs or Jhin (into tanks) pick.

[u/polacs → u/alex_von_rass]

Sadly we don't have a lot of series between NA and EU, banger to enjoy it

[u/lp_phnx327 → u/alex_von_rass]

Messy by both teams all around. Some high highs and an uncomfortable amount of low lows. GG to KC, but there's a lot of work to be done by both teams.

[u/Touro_de_Goa]

I expected KC to lose this and win the rematch. I know they could have lost 3-0, they got very outplayed in the first 3 maps, but i'd still say they are ahead of schedule

[u/Simpuff1 → u/Touro_de_Goa]

I had it the other way around, so all according to plan

[u/Mimidou3 → u/Touro_de_Goa]

Ngl i feel like KC will win 3-0 if they rematch

[u/Toofargone9999 → u/Mimidou3]

depends who levels up more , could be like the lec playoffs where KC didnt improve and get blasted by MKOI. Who knows , it really depends who levels up more on the qualification match itself

[u/Conankun66]

All C9 had to do was not throw game 2 and they wouldve swept this 3-0 and wouldve embarrassed KC

instead they let KC actually get into the series and outperform them even with Yike being in the form he was in today

What a gigantic throw by them, lmao

[u/BUMONGOUS → u/Conankun66]

C9 remembered who they really are halfway through game 2

[u/SlamMasterJ → u/BUMONGOUS]

C9 making sure they let their fans down yet again on the international stage after all this time.

[u/Slight-Formal9277 → u/Conankun66]

C9 losing a 5v4 lmao

[u/SweatyAdhesive → u/Conankun66]

CLOWN 9 for a reason

[u/TheFeelingWhen → u/Conankun66]

Blaber just got the choke in him

[u/Shaalashaska → u/TheFeelingWhen]

First time Lilia in game 5 and sticking Vulcan on enchanter duty really did C9 dirty this serie. Can't gimp your 2 best players like that.

[u/as_kostek → u/Shaalashaska]

I genuinely think Blaber ran out of junglers to play in g5

[u/Shaalashaska → u/as_kostek]

Doubt it, they basically said they believed it was good enough in that scenario to pick it despite the lack of practice

Oner proved you can definitely do that in a tournament with his Mundo, but Blabber is not Oner and Lilia is way less straigthforward than Mundo, you need practice for your E to matter. In another world Lilia + this fed Ziggs would have been a serious issue

[u/as_kostek → u/Shaalashaska]

I do think Lillia was a solid pick here as a champion, I just mean that he ran out of junglers he had enough practice on that were also correct draft choices

[u/Blaikiri7 → u/Conankun66]

Saved my pickems

[u/Ultimintree]

Holy kyeahoo was landing every charm

Another NA Lillia™ Worlds incident

[u/__Zane__________ → u/Ultimintree]

Blaber was NOT playing Lillia. He got the whole champ wrong and I honestly don't know how

[u/gots8sucks → u/__Zane__________]

watching Trundle perma invade Lilia felt very wrong.

[u/qonoxzzr → u/__Zane__________]

Something tells me that practicing picks before picking them in a meaningful game 5 is actually something that should be done.

Of course things can turn out good as these are insanely skilled players but here you could really see that Blaber was lacking practice on Lillia.

[u/thedreaminggoose → u/__Zane__________]

When IWD went on the interview the first couple minutes of game 5 and justified blabber picking Lilia (even though they never practiced with it but let blabber pick it anyways just because she got buffed or something for this patch) I had a feeling NA was in for a bad ride.

Also…I haven’t watched lcs this season. Is c9 good with using ziggs adc? Feel it’s just so vulnerable and it’s a great pick when you’re ahead and ass when you’re behind.

[u/Frodolas → u/thedreaminggoose]

It was very clear he was implying he advocated for Ivern but Blaber insisted on playing Lilia.

[u/IKillerBee → u/thedreaminggoose]

Tactical Ziggs has been decent. Don't rate the pick in general but don't think his proficiency is a problem

[u/Skyfire2 → u/Ultimintree]

Game 5 fate of the universe on the line

[u/Moonblst → u/Skyfire2]

I WANT INTERNATIONAL CLOUD 9

[u/Troviel → u/Ultimintree]

Dont' worry Yike was asleep the entire series to compensate.

Edit: Okay fair he had a decent game 5 with his invades.

[u/No_Canary_657 → u/Troviel]

Hey, at least give him credits for game 5. He did pretty well in g5. Their aggressive invade into red side jg is what lead to this win.

[u/ThePhalerean → u/Troviel]

Game 5 he played well imo

[u/polacs → u/Troviel]

Game 2 was won because of him and he did pretty well on Game 5, he has to improve but he wasn't a dead weight the whole series

[u/Ayoof3060]

C9 throwing the game to force a drag down 3 huge teamfight ults. Horrible gameplay, entirely deserved loss. Just give the drake and win the game.

[u/ATMisboss → u/Ayoof3060]

Not even just that, KC only had one fucking Drake.... It's not soul just give it

[u/zaxls → u/ATMisboss]

Yea that was SOOO troll by C9, give it up lads till late, KC would need 2 MORE drakes, while C9 late game wouldve been a big problem

[u/lp_phnx327 → u/ATMisboss]

Thats the mid-late game shotcalling and communication that's plagued C9 all year

[u/TheAlmightyVox3]

Only C9 could lose a 3-0 win.

[u/RollingGuy → u/TheAlmightyVox3]

The first 4-0 reverse sweep 

[u/cadaada → u/TheAlmightyVox3]

well they were part of the 0-10 with only 9 scheduled games...

[u/DerAdolfin]

Ok it's confirmed, C9 will tilt off the edge of the world and drop out vs FURIA/MVK

[u/iggylombardi → u/DerAdolfin]

Yep, this was my prediction. If C9 lost to KC, they'd just bomb out of the next bo5. They are such a vibes based team.

[u/Hellwind_ → u/DerAdolfin]

I voted for FURIA cause I just dont know that other team

[u/Relevant-Physics432]

idk did KC just actually learn how to play in that last game or what?

[u/Sadrim → u/Relevant-Physics432]

It was 07:00 in Korea, time to wake up.

[u/NewbisLyfe]

This series was NA and EU's version of fries, incredible.

[u/cHinzoo → u/NewbisLyfe]

The fries which was promised 🥹

[u/FruitSaladBar → u/cHinzoo]

Fries in the morning with the fries cup Demacia Invitational, fries at night with worlds. Shit ain't healthy, but fuck me if it ain't tasty.

[u/Barbecue-Ribs]

Nah but why fight that drag that made no sense at all.

[u/BismarckBug]

Dom walking into the team meeting room after this series

[u/Blizzgrarg]

C9 just crumbles under pressure. Played so well first 3 games, but just got worse and worse as time went on. Way way too many micro and macro mistakes this game 5. Awful positioning and decisions to take bad fights.

[u/TheAlmightyVox3 → u/Blizzgrarg]

This one's particularly fucked up because you can't even say they mental boomed after the throw. They win, throw, win again and THEN everything goes to shit.

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 → u/Blizzgrarg]

both solo laners had really bad series

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

Loki did Well game 1 but that yone oh my that looked dogshit 

[u/Verse6]

God I love the Demacia Cup

[u/Eismann]

C9: Hey, we have no ults at all, should we fight the soul and throw the whole game?

[u/WeLandOnTheBritish]

Despite Yike’s best efforts, KC won this series.

Caedrel was absolutely right, C9 in games 4/5 were unrecognizable compared to games 1-3

[u/bazinga221 → u/WeLandOnTheBritish]

They just don't have the champ pools to go to 5. Some of the players on KC don't have them either if the other team focused on poaching/banning their picks or setting up for them, but C9 didn't do that apart from game 1.

[u/Large_Love_2563]

C9 catfished us at the start of the series just like Yujin-Ha did on Twitter

[u/ANewHeaven1 → u/Large_Love_2563]

Im ngl this entire Yujin-Ha arc/"scandal" is frying me so fucking badly. I didn't really ever have a problem with the person running the account, but also I was pretty damn confident that the person who had multiple reddit accounts suspended with over 1million karma each across the last five years was not also a 20 year old girl who looked like a model

[u/Beneficial-Front1626 → u/ANewHeaven1]

Exactly man idk what they were trying to get out of catfishing but anyone who knows reddit and league knows no one with that much karma looks like a kpop idol 😂

[u/ShowMakerPlayMaker → u/ANewHeaven1]

That account was definitely just a guy with an Asian fetish

[u/PankoKing → u/ANewHeaven1]

They were definitely formerly xanirelia

[u/baebushka → u/ANewHeaven1]

it was funny some dude on twitter leaked he was a kpopfap gooner 😭😭 actually funny asf

[u/Thundermelons → u/Large_Love_2563]

just like Yujin-Ha did on Twitter

Lore?

[u/Large_Love_2563 → u/Thundermelons]

https://x.com/lolvaleiker/status/2110499089443868735?s=20

Hilarious, I must say,

[u/Vnaux → u/Large_Love_2563]

I don't go on league twitter but hilarious to see because I thought this was just a KPOP fan who was using a kpop artist as his profile picture every time I see them post game threads

[u/ANewHeaven1 → u/Vnaux]

various iterations of the yujin-ha account have been around reddit over the years (and I've talked to them before as well, honestly was pretty friendly in our limited interactions) and that was always my thought as well.

[u/Vnaux → u/ANewHeaven1]

yeah, the thought that they were catfishing didn't even cross my mind LMFAO.

[u/Beneficial-Front1626 → u/Vnaux]

Idk how people thought someone who looked like a model would be spamming this sub for karma 😂

It was either a kpop fan or catfishing, one of two

[u/JTHousek1 → u/Beneficial-Front1626]

I mean, I just assumed that they were just using a famous person as a profile picture? Weird but not unheard of in the slightest. Wasn't aware they were actively using it to catfish

[u/RollingGuy → u/ANewHeaven1]

Yujin-ha posted a clip of Caps and put (ignore the hairline) in the title just to bait people to make fun of his hair for engagement and Karma.

I called him out on it and he blocked me, suddenly I couldn't see half of PMTs and had to make a new account.

[u/sorendiz → u/Large_Love_2563]

lol there's always some insane shit going on with league twitter

[u/kelvin022610 → u/Large_Love_2563]

Shit this mf do for karma farming lol

[u/Thundermelons → u/Large_Love_2563]

What a fucking gas, thanks for the laugh man

[u/ReizaTM → u/Large_Love_2563]

Thats crazy thats why I dont see reddit post posted by them anymore. Deleted the reddit and twitter account DAMN

[u/CatApprehensive6508 → u/Large_Love_2563]

BANGERRRRRRR

[u/Adventurous-Cream182 → u/Large_Love_2563]

He went scorched earth and nuked every account lmao

[u/trying2hide → u/Large_Love_2563]

LMFAO

[u/CauliflowerFrosty524 → u/Large_Love_2563]

context!

[u/TeeKayTank]

A bit worried, i hoped kc would lose this now to win in the qualification match

[u/FakerDog]

Our ad carry is popping off! Quick, someone put him on Ziggs duty

[u/Mundane-Dirt-4077]

Closest sweatiest EU vs NA bo5 ever.

Worth being sleep deprived for work tomorrow

[u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

As an European it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so fucking free.

[u/Lazzir → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

https://streamable.com/rwl9zt

[u/Omnilatent → u/Lazzir]

My sweet prince - to see you once again!

[u/Gaelahad → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

I missed this pasta. Took us a few years to use this one again.

[u/whossked → u/Gaelahad]

G2 beat flyquest at worlds last year

[u/CFCkyle → u/whossked]

Psh, Na'Vi did that last week

[u/DistractedbyBaddies → u/Gaelahad]

I swear I saw this pasta just a few days ago

[u/sonic780 → u/Gaelahad]

we copy pasta warrior never forgot our roots. ahaha

[u/Sato2013 → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

As an European it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so fucking free.

[u/DeloronDellister → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

As an European it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so fucking free.

[u/sorendiz]

they're calling it the most c9 series of all time

[u/Wallahi-broski]

This is the exact C9 that I expected at internationals. Just a bunch of choke artists.

[u/Tromster]

The comments after game 1 and 3 aged beatifully

[u/DoorHingesKill → u/Tromster]

Remember, Blaber is better than Skewmond because he almost beat Yike in a Bo5.

[u/Routine_Outcome3493 → u/DoorHingesKill]

tbh looking at the series blaber was better than Yike at least. Yike had an absolutely atrocious series.

[u/Zhaggygodx → u/Routine_Outcome3493]

Nothing new.

Yike has always been shaky at worlds.

[u/No_Canary_657]

that was one of the most vegan yone and looks like blabber was inspire by bambi.

[u/onords → u/No_Canary_657]

Kyaehoo was playing so well on Ahri and the invades to lilia on the drakes made it so they had very little power to support Yone. 

If he's not targeted as much, game is much more even

[u/yellister]

don't underestimate the ability of blaber to disappoint at the most important time

[u/DickCheneyIsPureEvil → u/yellister]

Clearing mid wave while the ENTIRE enemy team is in fog of war is unbelievable, blud genuinely turns his brain off when the pressure is on.

[u/deemerritt → u/DickCheneyIsPureEvil]

Game was lost by then tbh

[u/OkKnowledge2064]

Damn that lilia sucked

[u/zuppex]

The classic Ziggs let me scale to lose game 5 pick shesh

[u/GothaV2]

NAVI > FLY
KC > > C9
THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL, EU CHOKERS > NA CHOKERS

[u/ModPiracy_Fantoski]

I ALWAYS DOUBTED THEM.

[u/Thundermelons]

Ziggs is such a non-Tactical champ, surprised they picked it for him. Also...............a champ that can go Zhonyas in the botlane not going Zhonyas, wild decision

[u/TotallyNotMyPornoAlt → u/Thundermelons]

To be fair to him, he probably felt like he had to full send a damage build because of how fucking putrid his midlaner was at Yone

[u/Acceptable-Area-652]

You know NA already has a curse using Lilia yet they still picked it to add nail in the coffin it's Blaber using it in Game 5

[u/AndlenaRaines → u/Acceptable-Area-652]

At least there was no 9 man sleep this time

[u/trying2hide]

Both these teams are disgusting in completely different ways.

We might not even get a rematch.

[u/Omnilatent]

THAT was the Kyeahoo we saw in regular season

Amazing g5 by him

[u/Booshneer]

Not sure about letting Blaber first time Lillia in the game 5.

[u/Dromed91]

Draft no engage, lose. Many such cases

[u/kolton276]

Why does c9 hate Tactical so much?

[u/GlupPando]

Having been forced to watch C9 all year as an LCS viewer, this is about what I expected. Should’ve been a 3-0 but they choke. Could’ve been a 3-1 but they choke. They’re just chokers and despite any rebranding they try Blaber just loses his fucking mind at the worst times

[u/Kind-Variation3078 → u/GlupPando]

Blaber wasn’t really the issue this series. Lilia wasn’t great but suspect that was more from focusing drakes over camp advantage.

[u/Used_Display_3605 → u/GlupPando]

Why is Blaber taking heat here? That game 4/5 was all Tactical, lost lane so hard on Yunara and then kept missing Ziggs ults on Cc’d targets. Why is my Ziggs in the middle of these team fights rather than playing with his range.

[u/DinoGuy101010]

Thanatos 0 impact this entire series he's not even weakside he's just straight up ass. Also our other import was just shitting himself the whole time too game 1 he's lucky the team played well enough to get him into the game cause he was getting gapped then too 

[u/ShittySlowGains → u/DinoGuy101010]

Cant believe i had to scroll this far for Thanatos flame, this guy is literally useless, 5 games and he did absolutely nothing

[u/KonanTenshi → u/ShittySlowGains]

Gotta give him his flowers, he lost game 2 for them.

[u/Tormenator1 → u/DinoGuy101010]

Thanatos was completely invisible.

[u/AglanYlthin]

KC gave C9 three easy games and they still managed to fuck it up EZ Clap

[u/Taskmob96761]

Never underestimate C9's ability to fuck everything up.

[u/Hellwind_]

Man it feels nice to know that I know better than Caedrel for pickems not to trust C9 to win anything. Been watching them for so many years. - they can't trick me anymore

[u/AmadeusSalieri97]

People on game 1 match thread really overreacted, should've known better after all this time.

[u/EmphasisExpensive864 → u/AmadeusSalieri97]

To be fair KC looked really bad in game 2 (still not sure how they won) and 3.

[u/AmadeusSalieri97 → u/EmphasisExpensive864]

The cool thing about this format is that we will see in the finals if it was a fluke or not

[u/Training-Ear-8709]

I knew from the low upvote counts that KC won. american brothers were rage downvoting is always a sight to see lol

[u/Biok98 → u/Training-Ear-8709]

I feel like I saw something like -600 uptoves from 1500 to 900 in the first 20 minutes of this thread because I left a tab open.

[u/GodGamer1418]

Coughing baby vs Coughing baby

[u/DeVilleBT → u/GodGamer1418]

Yeah, but the EU baby has free health care

[u/Thick_Bonus_2544 → u/DeVilleBT]

Damn

5000$ hospital bill for the burn

[u/Gerberpertern → u/DeVilleBT]

Fuuuucccckkkkkk

[u/EkrishAO]

Easy win vs NA, was never worried :)

[u/Megazord552]

This was a great episode of Mind the Gap featuring Drakos.

[u/Naronu]

C9 are just FLY premium, disgusting chokers. The one positive is they'll only have to walk home and not swim

[u/KansloosKippenhok]

WHY is Tactical on fucking Ziggs gang?

[u/SmilingLaboon]

Should be a 3-0 to 2-3. Choke 9 can't be stopped

[u/alterise]

Cloud 9 really gonna mull on that game 2 for a bit.

[u/Professional_Ease859]

Its such a fiesta what a great watch! How fun is starting world with a b05!

[u/stabidistabstab]

Did kc go into this without practice?? Why were they scaling so hard over the series?

[u/Maximum_Platypus_272 → u/stabidistabstab]

This will be memed to death whatever the outcome, but WILLINGLY doing LEC finals => bootcamping in Korea, eating a first jetlag => arriving in NA a few days before playins start, eating a second jetlag ; has to be one of the weirdest (to put it nicely) decision ever when it comes to worlds prep.

So obviously, they were scaling ; just a few days to adapt and they'll be unstoppable 🙃

[u/BagelJ]

Tactical sees KCs comp and says "I'll pass on the Zhonyas"

[u/TheBlaaah]

lmao those peasants really thought they could beat the vastly superior European region.

[u/Omnilatent → u/TheBlaaah]

KC wrath will be swift. All those NA peasants thinking we aren't good LMAO

[u/Comfortable_Ant9098]

refusing to build zhonyas on ziggs against a full dive comp is criminal

[u/SometimesIComplain → u/Comfortable_Ant9098]

Zhonyas would tank his damage too much, his positioning was just really poor

[u/Key-Description-7684]

NA is back. Classic

[u/TotallyNotMyPornoAlt]

All those threads talking about how well Blaber was playing. True NA fans saw this coming a mile away lol

[u/Chevalier_Paul → u/TotallyNotMyPornoAlt]

Yike inted 4 games to give Blaber false hope

[u/JPRU6698]

Dont let the w distract u from the fact that busio had a STINKER series, as per usual. Even caliste who had a rough start in the series had his moment in game 4. It really is the inspired drought effect, just like massu

[u/anoleo201194 → u/JPRU6698]

Busio Canna and Yike were ROUGH. Yike at least had a good game 5 but Canna and Busio sold so many times.

[u/JPRU6698 → u/anoleo201194]

True, i thoguht yike was having his moment vs na jungler as he always does, but for now he wins. Canna had a vey bad series except for a good ambessa (lets ignore the ult on shen)

[u/Choice-Slight → u/JPRU6698]

the only person who didn't completely stink it up was kyeahoo. everyone on KC swung from goated to boosted like a freaking seesaw and I have whiplash

[u/IAM-French → u/Choice-Slight]

Are we talking about the Anivia that died like 6 times in 20 minutes 

[u/Choice-Slight → u/IAM-French]

oh my god i actually forgot about that I take it back. they all suck